We left Salt Lake on Wednesday morning flying the luxurious Jet Blue. It should be mandatory that all airlines have a built in TV and an extra 3 inches of legroom! Our motel was perfectly located within minutes (literally) of almost everything we did. We walked to Old Town for some yummy Mexican food while we waited for our rooms to be available. We visited Mission beach to explore the possibilities. The boys & Nappy were enticed by the Flowrider and made plans to ride it on "beach day"! We also visited the San Diego temple that night. They aren't kidding when they say you drive around a corner and there it is. It was beautiful.
Thursday began at "Breakfast with Shamu". The best orange juice ever, yummy biscuits and gravy and our own personal show from two of the "shamu family". We spent the rest of the day at Sea World checking out as much as we could. All the shows were awesome. It's incredible to watch them work with such amazingly large animals and teach them with just a simple hand gesture. We rode the Atlantis and Jess & I was officially soaked from head to toe. Everyone else became just as wet when we rode Shipwreck. We laughed hard! That night we ate in Little Italy.
Friday morning we went down to Seaport Village. We saw the USS Midway Aircraft Carrier, Star of India & other not so significant boats in between. Jed and I bought an expensive Ben & Jerry's small cup of ice cream, but it validated our parking so it was worth it! After that we headed to the beach where Jed, Aaron, Landon & Nappy wanted to impress us with there surfing skills. nananananananananana.....WIPE OUT! Laugh. Out. Loud. Funny! I was just glad no one broke a bone. San Diego is not an in-network provider! They had a blast though. We spent the next couple of hours hanging on the beach. A few decided to venture in the water, but it was much to cold for this gal! Jed, Landon & Tawn had fun trying to catch the waves on a boogie board. That night we drove to La Jolla to the tide pools, although we didn't get there with much light left, it was still fun to see the outline of the seals sitting on the rocks.
We spent Saturday at Sea World again seeing the sites we didn't get to the first time. We rode Atlantis again, but came prepared with ponchos (thanks Mom!) We ate lunch in Old Town at another Mexican restaurant and than when back to Sea World for Shamu Rocks! Very cool.
Late nights were out of the question, everyone was falling asleep, but the days were jam packed and we loved it! Other than getting sick and throwing up in a paper bag on the plane while waiting to get off, our Sunday was quite uneventful. Shara, Aaron & Nappy, on the other hand, had an awful time getting home!
We want to thank Shara & Aaron for a terrific 1st couples vacation. And thank you Aaron for being an awesome navigator. If it had been us, we would have never left the motel room! Thank you also to Steve & Paulette for watching the boys, they had a blast down there. We really appreciate it. Apparently it's our turn in 2 years... Spanish Fork Canyon, here we come!
Prepare for a serious picture overload...
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